He said: “A security officer at the pub was approached by the defendant and she was enquiring why he did not help her earlier that day when she was suggesting she was being attacked. The man told her he was unable to assist her and it was a matter for the police.

Stacey Eyres abused the man outside Hanley's Market Tavern

“That laid a seed of grievance with the defendant and she remained in the area of the pub and came back again at 5.30pm and continued to argue with him.

“That resulted, it seems, in another security officer coming out at 6.30pm which ended in a scuffle with Eyres falling to the floor and when she got up she shouted a racist term.

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In her interview Eyres, claims she was also insulted during the argument. She went on to plead guilty to racially aggravated harassment.

Zoe Leese, mitigating, said: “The security guards placed their hands on her when the scuffle happened. She knows she shouldn’t have done it but if his behaviour was a little better it might have not got to this stage.”